Table B-10.  FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race,
Ethnicity, and Service with Civilian Comparison Group
		SERVICE
	GENDER/RACE	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
	ETHNICITY2	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
	a. Male & Female Combined
	White	51,888	74.83%		20,903	55.08%		31,262	84.47%		20,962	75.57%		125,015	72.66%		22,048,576	77.73%
	Black	10,209	14.72%		7,267	19.15%		3,672	9.92%		4,715	17.00%		25,863	15.03%		4,120,177	14.52%
	AIAN	661	0.95%		3,133	8.26%		430	1.16%		205	0.74%		4,429	2.57%		317,368	1.12%
	Asian	1,339	1.93%		1,673	4.41%		791	2.14%		682	2.46%		4,485	2.61%		1,177,604	4.15%
	NHPI	640	0.92%		640	1.69%		337	0.91%		399	1.44%		2,016	1.17%		96,453	0.34%
	Two or more	337	0.49%		3,629	9.56%		198	0.53%		742	2.68%		4,906	2.85%		606,001	2.14%
	Unknown	4,271	6.16%		706	1.86%		320	0.86%		33	0.12%		5,330	3.10%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	69,345	100.00%		37,951	100.00%		37,010	100.00%		27,738	100.00%		172,044	100.00%		28,366,179	100.00%
	Male & Female - Not Hispanic1
	White	44,760	73.10%		17,004	56.74%		25,320	82.70%		17,825	74.56%		104,909	71.99%		17,445,689	74.84%
	Black	9,788	15.98%		5,858	19.55%		3,426	11.19%		4,448	18.61%		23,520	16.14%		3,930,687	16.86%
	AIAN	614	1.00%		2,345	7.83%		376	1.23%		162	0.68%		3,497	2.40%		210,268	0.90%
	Asian	1,309	2.14%		1,371	4.57%		768	2.51%		590	2.47%		4,038	2.77%		1,145,480	4.91%
	NHPI	613	1.00%		448	1.49%		304	0.99%		252	1.05%		1,617	1.11%		84,480	0.36%
	Two or more	291	0.48%		2,400	8.01%		167	0.55%		616	2.58%		3,474	2.38%		494,462	2.12%
	Unknown	3,859	6.30%		542	1.81%		254	0.83%		13	0.05%		4,668	3.20%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	61,234	100.00%		29,968	100.00%		30,615	100.00%		23,906	100.00%		145,723	100.00%		23,311,066	100.00%
	Male & Female - Hispanic
	White	7,128	87.88%		3,899	48.84%		5,942	92.92%		3,137	81.86%		20,106	76.39%		4,602,887	91.05%
	Black	421	5.19%		1,409	17.65%		246	3.85%		267	6.97%		2,343	8.90%		189,489	3.75%
	AIAN	47	0.58%		788	9.87%		54	0.84%		43	1.12%		932	3.54%		107,100	2.12%
	Asian	30	0.37%		302	3.78%		23	0.36%		92	2.40%		447	1.70%		32,124	0.64%
	NHPI	27	0.33%		192	2.41%		33	0.52%		147	3.84%		399	1.52%		11,973	0.24%
	Two or more	46	0.57%		1,229	15.40%		31	0.48%		126	3.29%		1,432	5.44%		111,540	2.21%
	Unknown	412	5.08%		164	2.05%		66	1.03%		20	0.52%		662	2.52%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	8,111	100.00%		7,983	100.00%		6,395	100.00%		3,832	100.00%		26,321	100.00%		5,055,113	100.00%
		SERVICE
	GENDER/RACE	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
	ETHNICITY2	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
	b. Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
	White	44,688	64.44%		17,476	46.05%		29,387	79.40%		16,757	60.41%		108,308	62.95%		11,211,801	39.53%
	Black	7,401	10.67%		5,370	14.15%		3,264	8.82%		3,260	11.75%		19,295	11.22%		1,987,397	7.01%
	AIAN	486	0.70%		2,589	6.82%		375	1.01%		137	0.49%		3,587	2.08%		173,971	0.61%
	Asian	1,090	1.57%		1,333	3.51%		742	2.00%		522	1.88%		3,687	2.14%		580,623	2.05%
	NHPI	493	0.71%		520	1.37%		308	0.83%		281	1.01%		1,602	0.93%		43,881	0.15%
	Two or more	257	0.37%		2,926	7.71%		178	0.48%		493	1.78%		3,854	2.24%		314,669	1.11%
	Unknown	3,645	5.26%		558	1.47%		291	0.79%		26	0.09%		4,520	2.63%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	58,060	83.73%		30,772	81.08%		34,545	93.34%		21,476	77.42%		144,853	84.20%		14,312,341	50.46%
	Male - Not Hispanic1 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
	White	38,847	63.44%		14,344	47.86%		23,944	78.21%		14,368	60.10%		91,503	62.79%		8,835,096	37.90%
	Black	7,082	11.57%		4,274	14.26%		3,042	9.94%		3,067	12.83%		17,465	11.99%		1,895,438	8.13%
	AIAN	453	0.74%		1,955	6.52%		330	1.08%		108	0.45%		2,846	1.95%		109,259	0.47%
	Asian	1,064	1.74%		1,095	3.65%		721	2.36%		460	1.92%		3,340	2.29%		566,594	2.43%
	NHPI	472	0.77%		363	1.21%		282	0.92%		171	0.72%		1,288	0.88%		34,249	0.15%
	Two or more	221	0.36%		1,940	6.47%		151	0.49%		404	1.69%		2,716	1.86%		248,942	1.07%
	Unknown	3,320	5.42%		429	1.43%		234	0.76%		12	0.05%		3,995	2.74%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	51,459	84.04%		24,400	81.42%		28,704	93.76%		18,590	77.76%		123,153	84.51%		11,689,578	50.15%
	Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group that is male.)
	White	5,841	72.01%		3,132	39.23%		5,443	85.11%		2,389	62.34%		16,805	63.85%		2,376,705	47.02%
	Black	319	3.93%		1,096	13.73%		222	3.47%		193	5.04%		1,830	6.95%		91,959	1.82%
	AIAN	33	0.41%		634	7.94%		45	0.70%		29	0.76%		741	2.82%		64,712	1.28%
	Asian	26	0.32%		238	2.98%		21	0.33%		62	1.62%		347	1.32%		14,029	0.28%
	NHPI	21	0.26%		157	1.97%		26	0.41%		110	2.87%		314	1.19%		9,632	0.19%
	Two or more	36	0.44%		986	12.35%		27	0.42%		89	2.32%		1,138	4.32%		65,726	1.30%
	Unknown	325	4.01%		129	1.62%		57	0.89%		14	0.37%		525	1.99%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	6,601	81.38%		6,372	79.82%		5,841	91.34%		2,886	75.31%		21,700	82.44%		2,622,763	51.88%
		SERVICE
	GENDER/RACE	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
	ETHNICITY2	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
	c. Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
	White	7,200	10.38%		3,427	9.03%		1,875	5.07%		4,205	15.16%		16,707	9.71%		10,836,775	38.20%
	Black	2,808	4.05%		1,897	5.00%		408	1.10%		1,455	5.25%		6,568	3.82%		2,132,779	7.52%
	AIAN	175	0.25%		544	1.43%		55	0.15%		68	0.25%		842	0.49%		143,397	0.51%
	Asian	249	0.36%		340	0.90%		49	0.13%		160	0.58%		798	0.46%		596,981	2.10%
	NHPI	147	0.21%		120	0.32%		29	0.08%		118	0.43%		414	0.24%		52,572	0.19%
	Two or more	80	0.12%		703	1.85%		20	0.05%		249	0.90%		1,052	0.61%		291,333	1.03%
	Unknown	626	0.90%		148	0.39%		29	0.08%		7	0.03%		810	0.47%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	11,285	16.27%		7,179	18.92%		2,465	6.66%		6,262	22.58%		27,191	15.80%		14,053,837	49.54%
	Female - Not Hispanic1 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
	White	5,913	9.66%		2,660	8.88%		1,376	4.49%		3,457	14.46%		13,406	9.20%		8,610,593	36.94%
	Black	2,706	4.42%		1,584	5.29%		384	1.25%		1,381	5.78%		6,055	4.16%		2,035,249	8.73%
	AIAN	161	0.26%		390	1.30%		46	0.15%		54	0.23%		651	0.45%		101,009	0.43%
	Asian	245	0.40%		276	0.92%		47	0.15%		130	0.54%		698	0.48%		578,886	2.48%
	NHPI	141	0.23%		85	0.28%		22	0.07%		81	0.34%		329	0.23%		50,230	0.22%
	Two or more	70	0.11%		460	1.53%		16	0.05%		212	0.89%		758	0.52%		245,519	1.05%
	Unknown	539	0.88%		113	0.38%		20	0.07%		1	0.00%		673	0.46%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	9,775	15.96%		5,568	18.58%		1,911	6.24%		5,316	22.24%		22,570	15.49%		11,621,487	49.85%
	Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
	White	1,287	15.87%		767	9.61%		499	7.80%		748	19.52%		3,301	12.54%		2,226,182	44.04%
	Black	102	1.26%		313	3.92%		24	0.38%		74	1.93%		513	1.95%		97,530	1.93%
	AIAN	14	0.17%		154	1.93%		9	0.14%		14	0.37%		191	0.73%		42,388	0.84%
	Asian	4	0.05%		64	0.80%		2	0.03%		30	0.78%		100	0.38%		18,095	0.36%
	NHPI	6	0.07%		35	0.44%		7	0.11%		37	0.97%		85	0.32%		2,341	0.05%
	Two or more	10	0.12%		243	3.04%		4	0.06%		37	0.97%		294	1.12%		45,813	0.91%
	Unknown	87	1.07%		35	0.44%		9	0.14%		6	0.16%		137	0.52%		0	0.00%
	TOTAL	1,510	18.62%		1,611	20.18%		554	8.66%		946	24.69%		4,621	17.56%		2,432,350	48.12%
	1. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
	2. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are
	counted in the “two or more” category.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
	Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2007-September 2008 average.